I suspect guys who say, "I just send out for a sandwich for lunch," as lazy men trying to impress me.
Jimmy CannonI judge how much a man cares for a woman by the space he allots her under a jointly shared umbrella.
Jimmy CannonWomen aren't embarrassed when they buy men's pajamas, but a man buying a nightgown acts as though he were dealing with a dope peddler.
Jimmy CannonA puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another.
Jimmy CannonHe was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his greatness as a ballplayer. Ty Cobb was the best. That seemed to be all he wanted.
Jimmy CannonIt is the best of all games for me. It frequently escapes from the pattern of sport and assumes the form of a virile ballet. It is purer than any dance because the actions of the players are not governed by music or crowded into a formula by a director. The movement is natural and unrehearsed and controlled only by the unexpected flight of the ball.
Jimmy CannonHe was a parade all by himself, a burst of dazzle and jingle, Santa Claus drinking his whiskey straight and groaning with a bellyache... Babe Ruth made the music that his joyous years danced to in a continuous party... What Babe Ruth is comes down, one generation handing it down to the next, as a nation heirloom.
Jimmy Cannon